Gallery: The Carmageddon of Hurricane Sandy

Cars are submerged at the entrance to a parking garage in New York's Financial District in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy.

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An abandoned police car is viewed on the heavily damaged beach in the Rockaway section of Brooklyn are all that remain after the historic boardwalk was washed away during Hurricane Sandy on October 31, 2012.

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Floodwater runs down West Broadway engulfing parked cars during Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in Long Beach, New York.

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Police and National Guard soldiers help a man free his car from a street covered by over a foot of sand in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy.

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A car lies buried in sand and debris in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Long Beach, N.Y.

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Cars sit at a destroyed home after Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in the Rockaway section of the Queens borough of New York City.

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A general view of submerged cars on Ave. C and 7th st, after severe flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy, on October 30, 2012 in Manhattan, New York.

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Cars sit in flood waters from Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in Toms River, New Jersey.

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Cars floating in a flooded subterranian basement following Hurricaine Sandy on October 30, 2012 in the Financial District of New York.

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A firefighter walks by cars in the Rockaway neighborhood destroyed by fire during Hurricane Sandy on October 31, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

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A car is burried in sand under a beach house damaged by Hurricane Sandy on October 31, 2012 in Long Beach Island, New Jersey.

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A National Guardsmen stands near a car sumerged in sand that was washed in from Hurricane Sandy on October 31, 2012 in Long Beach Island, New Jersey.

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A car is partially buried by sand that was washed ashore by superstorm Sandy in Atlantic City, N.J.

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People walk by cars piled on top of each other in the Rockaway neighborhood where the historic boardwalk was washed away during Hurricane Sandy.

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Pedestrians walk past the boardwalk and cars displaced by superstorm Sandy, near Rockaway Beach in the New York City borough of Queens.

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Pedestrians walk past the boardwalk and cars displaced by superstorm Sandy, near Rockaway Beach in the New York City borough of Queens.

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Flood water runs down West Broadway engulfing parked cars during Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in Long Beach, New York.

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Flood water runs down West Broadway engulfing parked cars during Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in Long Beach, New York.

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A general view of submerged cars on Ave. C and 7th st, after severe flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy, on October 30, 2012 in Manhattan, New York.

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A general view of submerged cars on Ave. C and 7th st, after severe flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy.

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Cars are left parked on a flooded street, caused by Hurricane Sandy, on October 30, 2012, in the Lower East Side of New York City.

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Glenn Heartley works on his car in a creek in Chincoteague, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Heartley and his wife were swept off the road into a shallow creek when superstorm Sandy struck the area Monday.

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Onlookers take photographs of two cars that collided during flooding outside the Consolidated Edison power sub-station on 14th Street.

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Trees lie fallen across parked cars in the Brooklyn borough of New York the morning after superstorm Sandy made landfall, Tuesday.

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Joseph Arpaio of Massapequa abondons his BMW on 5th Street as high tide, rain and winds flood local streets in Lindenhurst, New York.

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Flooded cars, caused by Hurricane Sandy, are seen in the Financial District of New York.

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A man wades through the water to speak with US National Guard about his submerged car in Ocean City, Maryland.